C63600 Bronze vs. S31727 Stainless Steel
C63600 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while S31727 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C63600 bronze and the bottom bar is S31727 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 to 66 | |
| 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 71 to 84 | |
| 83 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 360 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 540 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 260 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 210 | |
| 1010 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 980 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 410 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 340 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 290 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 300 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 20 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 93 to 96.3 | |
| 2.8 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 53.7 to 61.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.21 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |